Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to legal issues related to genetic resources and traditional knowledge systems in the international intellectual property system
  • The TRIPS agreement and the patent protection of genetic resources
  • The relationship between the TRIPS agreement and treaties protecting genetic resources and traditional knowledge
  • Towards clearer legal definitions
  • The construction of an access- and benefit-sharing regime and intellectual property issues : criteria and options
  • The defensive protection of traditional knowledge in international patent law
  • Positive protection of traditional knowledge.